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How to Save DataFrame to Excel file using filedialog as SaveAs-Dialog in Python?


How can we write DataFrame object of Pandas using filedialog in Python TKinter?

file = filedialog.asksaveasfile(mode='w', defaultextension=".xlsx")
data.to_excel(file)

Whenever I try to write it it gives me error.

stat: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not _io.TextIOWrapper

I have been searching this error for hours, but the solutions are not working.


Solution

  • use

    file = filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".xlsx")
    

    tkinter.filedialog.asksaveasfilename will return filename as string, not file object like tkinter.filedialog.asksaveasfile